HMS Dorsetshire (1757)

HMS Dorsetshire was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, amended in 1754, and launched on 13 December 1757.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Dorsetshire.

Dorsetshire
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Dorsetshire
Ordered19 January 1754
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Launched13 December 1757
FateBroken up, 1775
General characteristics
Class and type1754 amendments 70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1436
Length162 ft (49.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam44 ft 8 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold19 ft (5.8 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 70 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

At the action of 29 April 1758, Dorsetshire defeated and captured French ship of the line Raisonnable in the Bay of Biscay.

Dorsetshire served until 1775, when she was broken up.

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